Elva Troyer

Published: March 16, 2013 4:00 AM

SUGARCREEK -- Elva M. Troyer, 82, of Sugarcreek, went home to be with the Lord, Thursday, March 14, 2013, at Walnut Hills Nursing Home.

She was born Nov. 14, 1930, in Holmes County, to the late Levi and Tena (Troyer) Yoder, and married Mose A. Troyer on Nov. 15, 1951. He survives. They were happily married for 61 years.

Elva was a member of Maranatha Fellowship Church in Sugarcreek. She loved the Lord and was faithful to the end. Elva was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and a friend to many. She was a dedicated homemaker all her life.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by brothers, Eli, Andy and Roman Yoder; and sisters, Freda Miller, Susan Shetler, Betty Miller and Sara Miller.

Services will be Sunday, March 17, at 10 a.m. at Maranatha Fellowship Church, 941 State Route 93, Sugarcreek, with Pastor Paul Miller officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Friends may call Saturday from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. at the church. Arrangements are being handled by Smith-Varns Funeral Home in Sugarcreek. To share a memory and sign the guest register visit www.smithfuneral.com.